Strategic Planning: Making it Work
Why it Works
Is your organization positioned for long-term success? Having trouble engaging the entire organization in the same direction? Strategic Planning: Making It Work provides a detailed road map for creating successful strategic plans. Comprehensive building blocks include : steps for preparing, developing, implementing, and monitoring a strategic plan for your organization, plus the pitfalls to avoid while constructing it. Our PDI (practical, dynamic and interactive) branded approach provides Practical step-by-step implementation including:
- Checklists to judge the quality of each component of your plan
- Dynamic instruction from carefully selected energetic facilitators, and
- Interactive practice sessions including in-class exercises and team breakout sessions to reinforce your learning.
By bringing an existing plan to class, participants can gain the additional benefit of using the course’s tools to improve their current strategic direction.
Who will benefit from this course?
Ideal For:
- Leaders
- Facilitators
- Representatives of all types of organizations
Needing To:
- Develop Viable Action Plans
- Accomplish Glowth Objectives
- Improving Current Processes
What you will learn
Develop highly effective strategic plans by:
- Defining a mission statement through three powerful steps
- Creating a vision that is both inspiring and compelling
- Developing broad goals outlining the areas for focus
- Establishing specific, measurable, achievable objectives
- Isolating key factors controlling whether or not the organization is successful
- Discovering obstacles standing in the way of implementation
- Developing operating guidelines that shape the culture of the organization
- Using positioning strategies to define and excel in your niche
- Identifying pitfalls to avoid when doing strategic planning
- Utilizing a method for evaluating the quality of a plan
Choose Your Format
With a group of eight or more people, a private class may deliver a better value. With a private class on Strategic Planning: Making it Work, we can customize the course and bring the techniques and tools you need to conduct a virtual meeting to you, at your convenience. Find out how we can tailor this course to meet your needs.
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Find a class date & location.
Please note both live and virtual classes are available.
2025
The Effective Facilitator – 4 Days (In-Person)
Apr 21 – Apr 24 – Washington, D.C.
May 19 – May 22 – Seattle, WA
May 19 – May 22 – Washington, D.C.
Jun 2 – Jun 5 – Atlanta, GA
Jun 2 – Jun 5 – Denver, CO
Jun 23 – Jun 26 – Washington, D.C.
Jul 14 – Jul 17 – Chicago, IL
Jul 21 – Jul 24 – Washington, D.C.
Aug 11 – Aug 14 – Atlanta, GA
Aug 18 – Aug 21 – Washington, D.C.
Aug 11 – Aug 14 – Denver, CO
Sep 15 – Sep 18 – Atlanta, GA
Sep 22 – Sep 25 – Seattle, WA
Sep 22 – Sep 25 – Washington, D.C.
Sep 29 – Oct 2 – Las Vegas, NV
Oct 20 – Oct 23 – Atlanta, GA
Oct 27 – Oct 30 – Washington, D.C.
Nov 18 – Nov 21 – Washington, D.C.
Dec 1 – Dec 4 – Atlanta, GA
Dec 8 – Dec 11 – Washington, D.C.
Facilitator Certification Prep – 2 (In-Person)
Jun 12 – Jun 13 – Atlanta, GA
Facilitating Masterful Meetings: Virtual Edition – 2 Days
Oct 20 – Oct 21 – Virtual
From Management to Leadership Virtual Edition – 2 Days
May 13 – May 14 – Virtual
The Facilitative Leader: Virtual Edition – 2 Days
May 13 – May 14 – Virtual
The Effective Facilitator: Virtual Edition – 4 Days (Eastern)
Apr 22 – Apr 25 – Virtual
Jun 9 – Jun 12 – Virtual
Jul 7 – Jul 10 – Virtual
Aug 25 – Aug 28 – Virtual
Nov 4 – Nov 7 – Virtual
Dec 8 – Dec 11 – Virtual
Virtual Meetings 101 – The Basics – .5 Days (9AM – 1PM Eastern Time)
Sep 8 – Sep 8 – Virtual
Sep 8 – Sep 10 – Virtual
The Engaging Trainer: Virtual Edition – 3 Days
May 19 – May 21 – Virtual
Sep 22 – Sep 24 – Virtual
Secrets to Facilitating Strategy: Virtual Edition – 3 Days
Aug 19 – Aug 21 – Virtual
Advanced Strategies for Virtual Engagement – 1/2 Day (1 PM – 5 PM ET)
Aug 5 – Aug 5 – Virtual
Strategies for Managing Business Relationships: Virtual Edition – 3 1/2 Days (1pm-5pm ET)
Apr 29 – May 1 – Virtual
Nov 11 – Nov 13 – Virtual
Advanced Facilitation Skills – 3 Day (In-Person)
Jun 9 – Jun 11 – Atlanta, GA
Mastering Hybrid Meetings: Blending Remote and Onsite Teams 1/2 Day (9AM – 1PM ET)
Aug 4 – Aug 4 – Virtual
Strategic Thinking: Virtual Edition – 1/2 Day (9AM – 1PM ET)
Aug 4 – Aug 4 – Virtual
The Effective Facilitator: Virtual Edition – 4 Days – Central
Jul 28 – Jul 31 – Virtual
Oct 6 – Oct 9 – Virtual
Virtual Meetings 101 – The Basics – .5 Days (9am-1pm Central Time)
May 5 – May 5 – Virtual
May 5 – May 7 – Virtual
Facilitation Skills for Project Managers Series (Part 1 & 2): Virtual Edition 9AM – 6PM ET
May 20 – May 21 – Virtual Part 1 of 2
May 27 – May 28 – Virtual Part 2 of 2
Aug 5 – Aug 6 – Virtual Part 1 of 2
Aug 12 – Aug 13 – Virtual Part 2 of 2
Facilitation Skills for Project Managers (Part 1 Only): Virtual Edition 9AM – 6PM ET
May 20 – May 21 – Virtual
Aug 5 – Aug 6 – Virtual
Facilitation Skills for Project Managers (Part 2 Only): Virtual Edition 9AM – 6PM ET
Aug 12 – Aug 13 – Virtual
Facilitation Skills for Project Managers Series (4 Days In-Person)
Jul 21 – Jul 24 – Atlanta, GA
The Engaging Trainer: Virtual Edition
May 19 – May 21 – Virtual
Sep 22 – Sep 24 – Virtual
